I understand the appeal
of pure price action trading, but I haven't had much success with it myself.
I Have used it, but what has proven more profitable for me and I talk in my professional trading course is a combination
of pure price action, support / resistance and a special method to increase returns while minimising the risk to lose.
Here is an example
of pure price action trading in the GBPUSD with some of my favorite price action setups:
You can click the previous link to learn why indicators are a waste of time; I've discussed this a lot so I won't get into it much here except to say that if you want to truly simplify your trading you need to learn how to trade off
of pure price action.
Here is an example
of pure price action trading in the GBPUSD with some of my favorite price action setups:
You can click the previous link to learn why indicators are a waste of time; I've discussed this a lot so I won't get into it much here except to say that if you want to truly simplify your trading you need to learn how to trade off
of pure price action.
Not exact matches
Other types
of signals are more discretionary and can rely on
pure price action and buying breakouts
of price ranges, trend lines, and chart patterns.
Pure price action trading excludes the use
of any trading indicator.
As you probably know by now, I am a huge proponent
of «
pure»
price action trading, and I really feel that it's the best way to trade the Forex market.
But, what I am saying is that it should be viewed and used as a compliment to technical analysis and it should be used sparingly, when in doubt consult the charts and read the
price action, only use Fundamentals to support your Technical view or out
of pure curiosity, never rely solely on Fundamentals to predict or trade the markets.
Obviously not, they are reading tape, or
price, they are basically just trading based off
pure price action, and we can do that my taking off the forex indicators on our charts and learning to trade the natural
price action of the market.
Cool trading, looks the most
pure form
of price action, they traded with only
price and nothing else, not only no indicators but also no charts.
Now let's look at the same chart with no indicators at all, there is nothing but
pure price action and a couple
of horizontal lines drawn in to show significant support and resistance levels.
Let's actually dissect two
of the more popular indicators out there; Stochastic and MACD, and then compare them to trading with
pure price action.
Instead, I teach my students to trade off
of a plain vanilla
price chart by learning to read the
pure price action that occurs each day in the Forex market.
So, forget about the confusing haphazard mess that indicators leave all over your charts and let this article open your eyes to the power and simplicity
of trading with
pure price action.
I have personally found that
pure price action trading is the best way for me to trade, and many
of my member's have as well.
The
purest form
of trading is
price action trading, using a clean
price chart, no indicators, no mess, just
pure price action.
I analyzed hundreds and thousands
of charts (btw, I am a
pure Price Action trader), and searched half
of my life for the Holy (Forex) Grail, especially the best RR - ratio.
The basis
of any successful trading business is understanding
price dynamics and how to read and trade from
pure price action.
there are a billion and one different techniques out there on the Internet, even some advanced ones in this very course, which you are free to try on your own, but to master the art
of price action in the first 2 volumes, is
pure gold.
When I say «naked
price chart» I mean trading off the
pure price movement or
price action of the market; in other words, you are trading primarily off the natural
price dynamics
of a market and not off
of indicators, robots or expert advisors.
A chart with just
pure price action and the key support and The same chart full
of some popular indicators: resistance levels drawn in:
If you've been following me for a while now you know that I focus primarily on trading off
pure price action, with a couple
of moving averages sprinkled in sometimes.